#38388F#38388F

#38388F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.140 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38388F
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 143)
HSL	hsl(240, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(240, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 27.26, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 55.51, 299.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0191 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.14 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0014, 5.6517, 26.6505)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38388F #8F8F38

analogous

#38648F #38388F #64388F

triadic

#38388F #8F3838 #388F38

tetradic

#38388F #8F3864 #8F8F38 #388F64

square

#38388F #8F3864 #8F8F38 #388F64

split-complementary

#38388F #8F6438 #648F38

monochromatic

#161637 #272763 #38388F #4B4BB9 #7777CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#38388F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#38388F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38388F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38388F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38388F	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38388f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.140 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786eb0',
    500: '#38388f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38388f;
$custom-light: #786eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38388f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3948,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38388F

secondary

#B3B370

accent

#D354D3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEECF5

border

#C9C7CF

text

#0A0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38388F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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